---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employee benefits; modifying flexible benefit allowance for state employees. Effective date. Emergency."
description: "State employee benefits; modifying flexible benefit allowance for state employees. Effective date. Emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ok"
legislature: "Oklahoma Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "Oklahoma SB 650 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David", "Echols"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 40
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6bbc578-2ef0-40f4-bcf6-d43d20bcbc9b"
source_url: "http://www.oklegislature.gov/BillInfo.aspx?Bill=SB650&session=2100"
source_hash: "76e96c40ef752c6e6e1dbfd49555e979ecb0e294b311c67bdff8f403d6b679b0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ok"]
---

# Oklahoma SB 650 (2021) — State employee benefits; modifying flexible benefit allowance for state employees. Effective date. Emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 INT/SB/SB650 INT.PDF)
2. **1 Floor Amendment by ECHOLS (UNTIMELY FILED)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLOOR AMENDMENTS/House/SB650 FA1 ECHOLSJO-LRB(UNTIMELY FILED).PDF)
3. **Amended And Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 AMENDMENTS/Amendment & Engr/SB650 HASB & ENGR.PDF)
4. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS/Senate/SB650 PCS.PDF)
5. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENGR/SB/SB650 ENGR.PDF)
6. **Enrolled (final version)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 ENR/SB/SB650 ENR.PDF)
7. **Floor (House)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/HFLR/SB650 HFLR.PDF)
8. **Floor (Senate)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 FLR/SFLR/SB650 SFLR.PDF)
9. **Senate Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCS/SB650 CS.PDF)
10. **Senate Conference Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22 COMMITTEE SUBS/SCCS/SB650 CCS.PDF)

## Sponsors

- David — primary (person)
- Echols — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-01** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Authored by Senator David
- **2021-02-02** Second Reading referred to Retirement and Insurance Committee then to Appropriations Committee `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Coauthored by Representative Echols (principal House author)
- **2021-02-18** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Retirement and Insurance committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Appropriations committee; CR filed `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-08** General Order, Considered
- **2021-03-08** Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 41 Nays: 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-03-09** Engrossed to House `passage`
- **2021-03-09** First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Second Reading referred to Appropriations and Budget `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** CR; Do Pass, as amended, Appropriations and Budget Committee `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Title stricken
- **2021-04-20** General Order
- **2021-04-20** Coauthored by Representative(s) Pittman, Fugate
- **2021-04-20** House Rule suspended
- **2021-04-20** Amended by floor substitute
- **2021-04-20** Third Reading, Measure and Emergency passed: Ayes: 87 Nays: 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Referred for engrossment
- **2021-04-21** Engrossed, signed, to Senate `passage`
- **2021-04-21** HAs read
- **2021-05-10** HAs rejected, conference requested `amendment-failure`
- **2021-05-11** SCs named David, Thompson, Simpson, Leewright, Floyd, Dossett (J.J.)
- **2021-05-12** Conference granted, naming GCCA
- **2021-05-13** CCR read
- **2021-05-13** Title restored
- **2021-05-13** Enacting clause restored
- **2021-05-18** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-18** Measure and Emergency passed, to House: Ayes: 42 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-18** CCR submitted
- **2021-05-25** CCR adopted
- **2021-05-25** Fourth Reading, Measure and Emergency Passed: Ayes: 85 Nays: 2 `passage`
- **2021-05-25** To Senate
- **2021-05-25** Referred for enrollment
- **2021-05-25** Enrolled, to House
- **2021-05-25** Signed, returned to Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Approved by Governor 05/28/2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6bbc578-2ef0-40f4-bcf6-d43d20bcbc9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Oklahoma legislature records).